I actually had a good weekend going backwards this weekend. It would appear that 35 is just about perfect. I was up for a good while, steady, stable and dare I say comfortable? Took a few long line passes and took a long line pass with the shoe skis. WOW I forgot how much those burn your legs! I made it all the way up the river at Berlin, but my legs felt like I was doing wall-sits for an hour.

BTW, 195? I'm 180 right now and was comfortable faster? I must still not be doing something right.

I was doing some BBF yesterday and played around with the speed and thought I'd pass along what I found. I weigh in at 195lbs and 34mph was very comfortable for me on the 5' lead off the boom. The other thing I noticed was that when I really concentrated on bending my knees, flexing my ankles and arching my back so that the handle was at hip level, it was one smooth ride. Don't know if any of this will help it's just a few observations I never thought about before.
Good luck.